Tool-handle.



W. B. WANKBL.

TOOL HANDLE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY?, 1909.

Patented Mar. 29, 1910.

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WILLIAM B. WANKEL, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO MARY J'. WANKEL,OF

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TOOL-HANDLE.

T o all whom it may concern: y

Be it known that I, IVILLIAM B. IVANKEL, a citizen of the United States,residing at the city of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tool-Handles, of which the following is a specifi cation.

My invention relates to an improvement in tool handles and moreparticularly to that class of handles used on files and the like, andhas for its Object to provide a handle wherein the tool may be easilyrotated and by reason of such rotation the tool will automaticallyadjust itself to any surface to which the tool may be applied, therebyequalizing the pressure relative to the surface tO be polished, smoothedor refined, thereby effecting a uniform polish, smoothing and refiningof the article to which the tool is being applied with a greater degreeof certainty and with a less degree of skill on the part of the Operatorthan required in the use of an Ordinary rigid file handle.

With the foregoing object in view my invention consists in certain novelfeatures of construction and combinations of parts which will behereinafter described and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part Of this specification inwhich like letters and numerals are used to designate similar parts, inthe several views: Figure l is a sectional elevation of the handleconstructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is a transversesection on the line mof Fig. l; and Fig. 3 is an end elevation of thehandle.

A represents the body part Of the handle made from any suitablematerial, but preferably Of wood, centrally bored at l, into which issecured a cylindrical casing 3, made from any suitable material, butpreferably of metal, having a laterally extended flange l extended fromthe upper end thereof, being extended throughout the bored portion to apredetermined degree short of its length as indicated at 5.

6 is a spindle, around which is driven tted a cylindrical metal casing7, having a laterally extended flange 8, provided on the lower endportion thereof; the spindle may be made from any suitable material, butpreferably Of wood as shown. The spin- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 7, 1909.

tremity Of the casing 3, as indicated at 9,

it being understood that the spindle with the casing 7 secured thereonin the assembling Of the parts is rst inserted in the bored portion l,and the casing 3 then inserted within the said bored portion and looselyfitted around the former casing.

In the Outer end of the spindle 6 is provided a suitable means forsecuring the tool in the spindle, such as a slot 10 as shown. Thespindle 6 projects beyond the body part of the handle for the purpose ofbeing engaged by some suitable tool (not shown) whereby the spindle maybe removed from the handle for purposes of repair.

Secured on the end Of the body part A of the handle is a metal ferrule11, the purpose Of which being so well known to those skilled. in theart as to demand no further mention here.

Slight changes and alterations might be resorted to in the form andarrangement of the several parts described without departing from thespirit and scope of my invention, and hence I do not wish to limitmyself to the exact construction as herein set forth; but,

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

A handle of the character described, comrising a body part, centrallybored a preetermined distance Of its length, a metal casing forming alining secured within said bored portion, and extended short of thelength thereof, a spindle, a casing secured around the spindle having alaterally extended flange provided on the lower end thereof, the saidflange on the last mentioned easing adapted to engage with the lower endof the first mentioned casing whereby the said spindle is securedrevoluble within the said handle, substantially as described.

-In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

WILLIAM B. WANKEL.

Witnesses:

GEORGE MYERS, JOHN J. FLOOD.

